03 January 2017
What did 2016 do for us?
... saw the announcement of one of the greatest scientific discoveries in astronomy and physics - the detection of gravitational waves – ripples in the fabric of spacetime first predicted by Albert Einstein over a century ago. Scientists also discovered...
07 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter mission set to launch on 10 February
...magnetometer to provide in situ measurements of the heliospheric magnetic field with high precision and a Radio and Plasma Waves experiment to measure magnetic and electric fields at high time resolution, plus many remote-sensing instruments to image...
02 January 2018
2017 - What a year!
2017 was a remarkable year for all things astronomical and for the rocket and satellite industry. We said a sad farewell to one of the most distinguished planetary missions of our time - Cassini. However we also said hello to the first interstellar ...
26 October 2016
Australian radio telescope shows the Universe in radio waves
... tile and landscape by Dr John Goldsmith/Celestial Visions GLEAM uses frequencies from 70 to 230 MHz to observe radio waves traveling through space and produce high-resolution survey of the sky. Dr. Hurley-Walker's team plans to use...
April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
... orbiting pairs of black holes, compact binaries or other astrophysical objects. Albert Einstein postulated the existence of gravitational waves from his theory of general relativity (1915). Ground-based detectors can only measure the high frequency...
12 February 2016
A scientific breakthrough as gravitational waves detected for the first time
...). The discovery is a triumph for scientific breakthroughs and confirms a prediction made by Albert Einstein on the existence of gravitational waves made 100 years ago in his general theory of relativity. "It's the first time the Universe has spoken...
